title: Cocaine and the risk of low birth weight.
abstract: In a population-based case-control study, we assessed the relation between cocaine use and the risk of low birth weight in Alameda County, California, excluding women who used heroin and/or methadone during pregnancy. After adjustment for confounders, the relative risk of low birth weight in users of cocaine throughout pregnancy was 4.0 (95% CI = 1.8, 8.9). Cocaine use was estimated to account for 10 percent of cases of low birth weight in Black women in Alameda County.
authors.affiliation: Alameda County Low Birth Weight Study Group, CA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Petitti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D003042:Cocaine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine